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The Buddy Holly Story
''The Buddy Holly Story'' is a 1978 American biographical musical film, musical drama film directed by Steve Rash which tells the life and career of Rock and roll, rock and roll musician Buddy Holly. It features an Academy Awards, Academy Award-winning musical score, adapted by Joe Renzetti and Academy Awards, Oscar-nominated lead performance by Gary Busey. The film also stars Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, William Jordan (actor), William Jordan, and Maria Richwine, who played Maria Elena Holly. It was adapted by Robert Gittler from ''Buddy Holly: His Life and Music'', the 1975 biography of Holly by John Goldrosen, and was directed by Steve Rash. Plot In 1956, Buddy Holly and his friends, drummer Jesse Charles and bass player Ray Bob Simmons, regularly performed at a local roller rink in Lubbock, Texas, as The Crickets. A local radio station broadcasts the show. Holly plays a country song, then switches to a rock and roll song, exciting the teens but drawing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Rash
Steve Rash is an American film director and producer best known for directing such films as ''Son In Law'', ''The Buddy Holly Story'', ''Can't Buy Me Love'', ''Queens Logic ''Queens Logic'' is a 1991 American ensemble coming-of-age comedy-drama film from Seven Arts Pictures starring Kevin Bacon, Linda Fiorentino, Joe Mantegna, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Malkovich, Ken Olin, Chloe Webb and Tom Waits. It was directed by ...'', '' Bring It On: All or Nothing'' and '' Bring It On: In It to Win It''. References External links * * American film directors American film producers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |